Tomorrow is "new music Sunday" at Church again. Ugh. And it's combined with a "Service of Remembrance" for 9/11. I hope, if I am ever killed tragically, people don't "honor" it with schmaltz
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Blood on the Tracks was honestly the only Dylan album I've listened to repeatedly. Something about the production and his song writing on that album (especially "you're a big girl now" and "idiot wind") that really moves me.
It's funny . . . the church we're probably about to join is the first one either Amy or I have regularly attended that could be considered "liturgical".
One of the instruments they employ on occasion is, yes, the harmonica. And strangely enough, it works in their context.
While I respect ya, I can't bring myself to get on board here. I LOVE bluesy music. I love folk music. Peter, Paul & Mary are my favorite "band." This is simply not "church music" - it (as wwabbit says below) simply does not proclaim catholic truth.
Amazing Grace does, of course. But the problem being that the people "performing" it in the new music group are almost COMPLETELY former Roman Catholics who no longer believe in any of that "negative" stuff Rome teaches about sin and guilt. So they don't even believe they were "wretches"! So it's pretty silly, if you ask me. Since they, being sinless, are in no need of God's "amazing grace."
Well, technically, the postlude is after the liturgy is over. But still....you're right. We don't have any hard and fast rules about that sort of thing.
(Though such things would never have flown in my father's parishes.)
Blowin' in the wind is based on the Bible? Where? (I'm not doubting it - I just never saw the connection.)
And yes, you're certainly right that there are 'bigger fish to fry' than new music, when it comes to the Western churches. Thanks for helping me keep it in perspective.
well, for one thing, i got "dust in the wind" by kansas confused with "blowing in the wind" by dylan. but both carry similar meaning. and both artists, at least for a time, explicitly expressed christianity: one band member from kansas (who was responsible for "dust in the wind" and maybe some other songs) and bob dylan, of course, with his three christian albums (dated ca 1981). anyway the songs can be taken as oblique references to the theme of Ecclesiastes
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One of the instruments they employ on occasion is, yes, the harmonica. And strangely enough, it works in their context.
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Amazing Grace does, of course. But the problem being that the people "performing" it in the new music group are almost COMPLETELY former Roman Catholics who no longer believe in any of that "negative" stuff Rome teaches about sin and guilt. So they don't even believe they were "wretches"! So it's pretty silly, if you ask me. Since they, being sinless, are in no need of God's "amazing grace."
Sigh...
Off to church....
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(Though such things would never have flown in my father's parishes.)
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every once in awhile i can go for a "new music" service-very definitely
i can tolerate that a lot more than i can tolerate episcopal bishops teaching and practicing heresy or roman catholic hierarchy covering up pedophilia
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And yes, you're certainly right that there are 'bigger fish to fry' than new music, when it comes to the Western churches. Thanks for helping me keep it in perspective.
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that's all
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